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FTC Sues Six in Spam E-Mail Round-Up
TamMan2000 writes "This story over at Yahoo makes it look like the federal government is going after some spammers with gusto... Although they seem to be busting them for fraud via spam rather than just the fact that they spam, it is still good to see them going after them. Also interesting, it looks like one of the things they are nailing them for is the fraudulent 'remove me from your mailing list' that actually brings more spam."
It's about time, I reckon. If get one more:
"FREE VIAGRA SHIPPED FROM MEXICO"
or
"Re: You want to have HOT ANAL sex!!!!"
email I may drop kick my computer across the room.
What scares me is the people who don't mind this.
It isn't even good when it is from a can.
From: antispam@ftc.gov
To: evilspammer@somewhere.kr
Subject: !!!!NEW!!! SPAM BUST!!
Yes, YOU! We are busting you up big time for crimes against humanity. This is a free service to you from the FTC! A unique one time offer!
To be acquitted and removed from our list, please go to this web site and leave your home address.
How about a law against ALL CAPS in e-mail? At the very least, we'd get rid of the more annoying stuff. Plus, what member of the registered voting population would vote against this? It could even weed out the unsavory elements of IRC.
RedBetty: Hi, everyone!zerokool772: WHTA R U WEARNG??/?
FTCBot: zerokool772, your use of the capslock key is unwarranted and without license. Cease and desist, or pay the consequences.
zerokool772: WTF DO U THNK U R?
*FTCBot has banned zerokool772 and has contacted the appropriate authorities.
Weird. So the fact that nobody believes those penis enlargement advertisements makes them legal?
Yeah, no shit. I tried it. It works, but not like they say. I'm now a foot in diameter but still only 3" long.
Dacels Jewelers can't be trusted.
On a related note, Barbara Anthony, regional director for the FTC said, "In all fairness, it must be noted that my husband now has a permanently erect 47 inch penis, our mortgage rates are the lowest in decades, we earn $7,000 a week working at home, and we'll never buy a toner or ink cartridge ever again."
__ Someday, but not this morning, I'll finally learn to use the preview button.
I almost don't need spam anymore. I can get my penis pills and magical diet pills (Trim Spa, Body Solutions) from the radio and Howard Stern's commercials these days. Now all they need is an ad with a guy speaking Chinese and giving a 1-800-555-1234 number as their contact address for more information and I could get rid of my e-mail address completely. Why isn't the government going against ALL fraud? Are you telling me penis pills actually work? Trim Spa magically makes you lose 100lbs while still being a fat ass eating whatever you want? Come on, where are the truth in advertising laws for not only spam, but radio these days??
There are no billboards in Alaska.
And that's just not much of a point. Billboards are unsightly, but they're passive. You don't have to take specific action to avoid dealing with them. You don't have to delete them, and they don't take up any of your resources (unless they start making roads windier to allow for more billboard space.)
The Syphilis they gave him was going a bit far though, wasn't it?
Listen to some spam on Spam Radio. Enjoy! :)
"how is spam any different form the advertisments via snail mail telling me that I could have won 10 million dollars. what would you do with that type of spam?"
This made me giggle, i remember reading a story about a guy that got one of these checks and deposited it at an atm as a joke. he ended up getting cash in full. read it, its quite amusing and true.
http://www.goodthink.com/$$tablecontents.html
Everytime you get an unsolicited e-mail that has an unsubscribe option, unsubscribe webmaster@ftc.gov... also use in a message on a board known to be freqented by spambots. That should put an end to the stupidest of spammers, at least.
No force of US law in South America? Now *there* speaks someone majestically unaware of history.
It's only a matter of time before Venezuala joins the Axis of Evil if it keeps seeing off US backed coup attempts...
So I was in the viedo-rental-sore with my roomate.
He says "That looks interesting" and points to a shelf.
I say "What? this?" picking up rather lame DVD.
"Not that... that!" he says, still pointing but stepping closer.
I pick up the cruddy DVD that was next to the first.
"No! This!" he says...
After several dense itterations I realize that he is talking about the rectanngular advertisement that is clipped to the shelf between two rows of DVDs. He is actually touching the sign by this point, and getting kind of upset.
It seems that I have cultured a blind spot for full-color rectangular advertisements immediately above or below anthing I feel is "content". It is so pervasive in my mental state that meat-world advertisements have begun getting the same treatment.
The comercialization of the internet has actually rendered me blind.
Square insets are next, and soon I wont even be able to read a text book any more.
Someone should do a study.
Innocent people shouldn't be forced to pay for inferior software development.
--"Code Complete" Microsoft Press